Task

Tasks created by vscode are saved in the file .vscode/tasks.json at the root of your project.

Predefined vscode variables: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/variables-reference

Task to build this website:

{
    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "options": {
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
    },
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "Build in HTML",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "~/miniconda3/envs/sphinx-blog/bin/sphinx-build -b html docs/source/ docs/build/html"
        }
    ]
}

Tasks to build a C++ project in both debug and release mode:

{
    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "options": {
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
    },
    "tasks": [
        //  DEBUG TASKS
        ////////////////////////////////////////////
        {
            "label": "(debug) create build directory",
            "type": "shell",
            "linux": {
                "command": "mkdir -p ${workspaceRoot}/build/debug"
            },
            "windows": {
                "command": "cmd",
                "args": ["/C", "if not exist .\\build\\debug mkdir .\\build\\debug"]
            }
        },
        {
            "label": "(debug) cmake && make",
            "type": "shell",
            "options": {
                "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}/build/debug"
            },
            "linux": {
                "command": "cmake -G 'Unix Makefiles' -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DBUILD_TESTING=ON ../.. && make"
            },
            "windows": {
                "command": "cmd",
                "args": ["/C", "cmake", "-G", "'MinGW Makefiles'", "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug", "-DBUILD_TESTING=ON", "../..", "'&'", "mingw32-make"]
            },
            "dependsOn":["(debug) create build directory"]
        },
        {
            "label": "(debug) build",
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "dependsOn":["(debug) cmake && make"]
        },
        ////////////////////////////////////////////

        //  RELEASE TASKS
        ////////////////////////////////////////////
        {
            "label": "(release) create build directory",
            "type": "shell",
            "linux": {
                "command": "mkdir -p build/release"
            },
            "windows": {
                "command": "cmd",
                "args": ["/C", "if not exist .\\build\\release mkdir .\\build\\release"]
            }
        },
        {
            "label": "(release) cmake && make",
            "type": "shell",
            "options": {
                "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}/build/release"
            },
            "linux": {
                "command": "cmake -G 'Unix Makefiles' -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_TESTING=ON ../.. && make"
            },
            "windows": {
                "command": "cmd",
                "args": ["/C", "cmake", "-G", "'MinGW Makefiles'", "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release", "-DBUILD_TESTING=ON", "../..", "'&'", "mingw32-make"]
            },
            "dependsOn":["(release) create build directory"]
        },
        {
            "label": "(release) build",
            "group": "build",
            "dependsOn":["(release) cmake && make"]
        }
        ////////////////////////////////////////////
    ]
}

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Sources:

• https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/editor/tasks